Jerko Kocijan, PhD, PE, GE
Jerko Kocijan is a Senior Principal Engineer based in California with more than 15 years of experience in geotechnical site characterization, geologic and seismic hazards assessment, and analysis and design of buildings, infrastructure, transportation projects, as well as of nearshore and offshore structures, including ports and waterfronts.
Specialties
Geotechnical Design and Construction Risk Reduction and Management; Deep Foundations and Ground Improvement; Geotechnical Exploration Programs and Data Synthesis; Design-Build Project Delivery; Transportation, Port, Waterfront and Offshore Structures
Practice Areas
Civil Infrastructure; Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering; Facility Hazards
Education
Ph.D., Civil Engineering (Geotechnical), University of California, Los Angeles, 2005; M.S., Civil Engineering (Geotechnical) , University of California, Los Angeles, 2002; MEng., Civil Engineering (Structural), University of Zagreb, Croatia, 2000
Registration
California Professional Engineer, PE C71747; California Geotechnical Engineer, PE GE2969
Client Service
Throughout his career, Jerko has managed risk by employing practical field experience, lessons of case histories, and ever-evolving analytical tools. Jerko has participated in numerous geotechnical design and consulting projects in the United States; North, Central, and South America; Europe; Africa; the Middle East; and Asia. In addition to ensuring code compliance, he continuously identifies opportunities for design optimization and develops geotechnical solutions that are cost-effective, schedule-sensitive, and sustainable. He is experienced in the design-build, engineer-procure-construct, and public-private partnership project delivery methods, including pre-bid design and progressive final design.
Recently, Jerko led geotechnical design team for a freeway-widening project in California with many new bridges and retaining walls with about $1 billion construction cost. Conducted within a design-build framework, the project’s accelerated schedule included collecting over 500 cone penetration tests and over 200 borings, while adhering to Caltrans and AASHTO standards and conducting value engineering of the pre-bid design. He also led a multi-firm team that completed a geotechnical and geologic study for an almost 7-mile-long 20-foot-diameter effluent tunnel in California with a construction cost of over $600 million. The comprehensive study for the tunnel, which extended through soil and rock and crossed a major fault zone, included over 15,000 feet of soil drilling and rock coring, as well as advanced in situ tests. A detailed fault study resulted in multimillion-dollar savings achieved by optimizing special tunnel liner within the fault zone.
Jerko participates in a working group that developed and updated the PIANC Maritime Navigation Commission (MarCom) Working Group 153 Recommendations for the Design and Assessment of Marine Oil and Petrochemical Terminals. He is also a co-instructor for the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) continuing education course, Geotechnical Design of Port Facilities, part of the larger ASCE series on ports planning and design.
Contact Jerko Kocijan at JKocijan@Geosyntec.com or +1 805-979-9148.
